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Macy’s recalls Martha Stewart frying pans

Macy’s has announced recalls of two Martha Stewart brand frying pans after reports of injuries. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday that there were seven reports of metal discs flying off the 8-inch and 10-inch frying pans sold as part of a Martha Stewart Collection 10-piece stainless steel […]

Valley City

VCSU ranked 6th Best Online Teaching

Valley City  (CSi)  Valley City State University has been ranked sixth in the nation by Affordable Colleges Online in its 2015–16 Best Online Teaching Programs rankings. ACO ranked the programs based on a number of qualitative criteria, including a peer-based value comparing the cost of each program to the cost […]

State

Welk home attendance up

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Officials say attendance rose slightly at the boyhood home of famous band leader Lawrence Welk after the state took over the site this year.        Site manager Diane Rogness says  about 850 people visited the site this year. That’s up from about 650 in 2014.   […]

Featured Jamestown

JFD extinguishes car fire, Tues pm

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to a car  fire about 3:32-p.m., Tuesday at 805 6th Avenue, Southeast, in the driveway of the residence. [easyrotator]erc_8_1451427639[/easyrotator] Lt. Sheldon Mohr says smoke was coming from the engine compartment when the four fire units, and 25 firefighters arrived at the scene. […]

Featured Jamestown

Update…Displaced townhouse residents

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown City Fire Department, Lt. Sheldon Mohr,  says that two of three tenants left homeless in a recent condominium fire in  Jamestown will not be returning to the same homes. Mohr says following an investigation the cause of the fire was ruled to be undetermined. About 30 firefighters […]

State

Sandstrom won’t seek re-elect ND Supreme Court

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Dale Sandstrom says he will not seek re-election next year.        Sandstrom made the announcement on Tuesday. He will have served 24 years in the state’s highest court when his term ends in December 2016.        Sandstrom took office […]

Jamestown

Gearing up for kindergarten

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Schools is offering a hands-on learning experience to help families prepare children to enter kindergarten. Parents register children for Gearing Up for Kindergarten at the same time they register to attend kindergarten from Jan. 4-22. Gearing Up for Kindergarten is a free, research-based program that was […]

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Local BCI investigation to gear up

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s  case of looking  into an incident involving the alleged illegal use of a Jet Ski by personnel from the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office may be moving forward next week. Stutsman County sheriff, Chad Kaiser says,  an investigator from the North Dakota BCI is […]

State

Fire destroys house in Richland Co.

(CSi)  A fire destroyed a house in Richland County lSunday night. The fire at 102 main street in Great Bend broke out just after six p.m. A mother and daughter escaped unharmed. The cause is believed an unattended candle. Firefighters from Great Bend, Mooreton, Dwight, Fairmount, and Hankinson responded.   […]